Software and technology
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BlackBerry maker launches $150M fund for mobile applications
May 13, 2008
BlackBerry's maker partnered with Thomson Reuters and Royal Bank of Canada to launch a $150 million fund for developing mobile applications and services for the BlackBerry and other platforms.
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Equals' ad-supported Party Line connects users via mobile
May 12, 2008
Consumers today use mobile, IM, SMS and social networks. Each service is its own vertical silo and offers a service identifier such as a phone number, email address, IM handle and a screen name.
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Air2Web designs mobile services for insurers
May 8, 2008
Mobile marketing firm Air2Web has launched a new suite of mobile marketing offerings for the insurance industry.
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Google pushes open mobile platform at FTC event
May 7, 2008
WASHINGTON – Google’s point person on mobile products made a forceful case yesterday for openness at the Federal Trade Commission’s exploratory event on mobile marketing.
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Unicast debuts new SMS feature for rich media suite
April 24, 2008
Unicast inaugurated a new mobile marketing SMS offering as part of its Unicast Rich Media Mobile suite.
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IBM to launch features and functions for mobile users
April 23, 2008
IBM Corp. launched a new effort in its India Research Lab to bring more features and functions to mobile devices as they become the primary tool for Web transactions and interactions.
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Keynote buys firm for European push into mobile testing
April 22, 2008
Keynote Systems Inc., a mobile and Internet test and measurement service, bought French software company Zandan for nearly $3 million.
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Ion develops iPhone-optimized landing page platform
April 21, 2008
Ion Interactive has created a new platform for iPhone-optimized landing pages.
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Zumobi takes mobile widgets to BlackBerry platform
April 18, 2008
Widgets are a mystery to some, not to Zumobi, whose whole business model is predicated on the widespread use of ad-supported mobile applications with games, news and entertainment content.
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Nellymoser upgrades platform for widgets, in-app ads
April 14, 2008
Mobile services firm Nellymoser Inc. released the latest version of its platform that combines Web 2.0 features with mobility requirements.
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Yahoo rejects Microsoft offer again
April 9, 2008
The board of directors of Yahoo Inc. once again rejected Microsoft’s $44.6 billion offer to acquire the online media giant.
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Mobile may create major new consumer properties: CTIA panelists
April 3, 2008
LAS VEGAS – Will the mobile Internet see the creation of new billion-dollar startups?
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Microsoft, Sprint working to mobilize the Internet
April 2, 2008
LAS VEGAS - Microsoft has launched Windows Mobile 6.1 for handsets, claiming to make it easier for people to manage their lives on-the-go.
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Proteus upgrades mobile publishing platform
April 1, 2008
Proteus, a provider of mobile marketing products and services, added new features to its mobile Web site publishing platform, Swift.
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Webtide creates server for Google’s Android platform
March 19, 2008
Webtide, the developer of HTTP server and Java Web container Jetty, has created a Web and application server designed to operate on Google’s Android mobile platform.
